Marquis de Lafayette 1757
- 1819 - Thomas Blanchard patented a machine called the lathe.
- 1899 - Carnation processed its first can of evaporated milk.
- 1901 - U.S. President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded (he died eight days later) by Leon Czolgosz. Czolgosz, an American anarchist, was executed the following October.
- 1941 - Jews in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the Star of David with the word "Jew" inscribed. The order only applied to Jews over the age of 6.
- 1991 - The State Council of the Soviet Union recognized the independence of the Baltic states.
- 2008 - The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) would be placed in government conservatorship (they went bust!).
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